Everything Ends (Ebony Meeting)

He had been through a lot in his relatively short life. However, it seemed like life had decided that he was never going to be allowed to settle into one place for too long. Just as he was beginning to grow comfortable here it was being flipped upside down again. He was grateful that Aisling had come to sit beside him before Kassander began to speak. At least he had a friend with him, the first friend he had made in quite some time if he was going to be completely honest.

He listened to what Kassander had to say with dread. Sigmarr was dead? He remembered the boy well, thinking back to the spar they had shared a while back. His heart sank at the news, but his sadness over this new information was pushed aside by shock when he heard that Kassander would be stepping down and some woman he had never heard of would be taking his place. He had come to Ebony after Kassander took the rule of Ebony so he had never been under Katja's rule.

He already wasn't too keen on living under the rule of anyone than the Xanilovs, but something didn't quite sit right with him about her. Besides that, she called in some of her own followers who came into the pack that had been his and his pack mates like they owned it. His pale tan gaze narrowed and the fur bristled on his neck. He held his tongue and watched as some of Kassander's siblings spoke up instead. He was torn. Part of him wanted to stay to look after any of the Xanilovs that chose to stay, but another part of him, the stronger part it seemed, refused to stay. A fight broke out and he gave a shake of his head. "I'm not staying," he said loud enough that the new alpha could hear if she so wished.

He lowered his voice a bit and turned his gaze to Aisling, searching her expression for her reaction to it all. "Ais, if you don't want to stay you can come with me... We can find a new home." He really hoped she'd agree. He'd hate to lose his only friend and his home in one day. He rose and headed away from the meeting, giving farewell glances to his packmates. Perhaps one day the Xanilovs would rise again. If they did he would be there. Till then, he would focus on keeping Ais safe and figuring out what they would do next.

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"Speech" 'thoughts'